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Decent valueActiveRHODE ISLAND MILLIONS · $30 · Rhode Island Lottery
RHODE ISLAND MILLIONS: Decent value. A $30 ticket pays back $22.38 on average.
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $30 RI games
▼ -0.2 pts vs launch#2 of 4 · $30 RI games
RHODE ISLAND MILLIONS is a $30 scratch-off ticket from the Rhode Island state lottery. Its current expected value is 74.6%, down 0.2 percentage points from the launch value of 74.8%. 1 of the original 2 $1,000,000 top prizes are still unclaimed. Approximately 46% of the 0.6M printed tickets have been sold.
74.6%
expected return
1 in 4.22
odds of any win
1 of 2
$700K top prizes left
46%
claimed · 279k of 610k printed
Odds, in plain terms
If you bought 100 tickets today
Based on the 78,487 winning tickets still unclaimed.
23 win more than $30
$50 or $100 or $200, an actual profit
0 win their money back
a $30 prize, so you break even
77 win nothing
the house edge, made visible
Prizes of $500 or more hit about 1 in 148 tickets, so they won't show up in a batch of 100.
Value map
Where the $22.38 comes from
The average payback per ticket, split by prize size. Small wins do most of the work.
Small wins $50 – $500
$19.57 · 65.2% of price
Mid prizes $1K – $700K
$2.81 · 9.4% of price
Most of the value pays out as
$50 – $500 wins
78,473 winning tickets remain in this range: 87% of total value, and the wins you'll actually see.
Claim progress
46% of the print run claimed
Counting every ticket since launch, Jun 2024.
610k
tickets printed
279k
tickets claimed · 46%
331k
still out there
Prizes claimed over time
Claim chart needs more snapshot history
Sales are outpacing the jackpots: worse for buyers.
Jackpots left
50%
Tickets left
54%
50% of top prizes remain with 54% of tickets left to claim them.
Where to buy
Rhode Island Lottery
At retailers statewide, or online through Jackpocket. Affiliate link: Scratchstats may earn a commission.
Rank vs $30 RI peers
#2 of 4
By expected return. Higher is better for the player.
Figures from Rhode Island Lottery published claim data.
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